Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: abortion

Tina wanted another baby. She also needed an abortion. Texas made...

She endured eight hysteroscopies and years of IVF, turning to surrogacy to grow her family. When she unexpectedly became pregnant herself, the state's abortion ban made her next decision far more complicated.

Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into...

Two years after falsely linking reproductive rights to gender transition care for minors, GOP lawmakers have packaged the two issues into one amendment in an effort to strip away the right to abortion.

Supreme Court preserves nationwide access to abortion pill mifepristone by mail

The justices' decision will block a previous ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which would require patients to obtain the medication only in-person from a physician.

A ‘striking’ trend: After Texas banned abortion, more women nearly bled...

A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

SCOTUS opinion says states can block Medicaid money for health services...

Justice Neil Gorsuch and five other justices found that "while Medicaid law allows people choose their own provider, that does not make it a right enforceable in court in the case."

Three months after Missouri voted to make abortion legal, access is...

Are anti-abortion lawmakers strategizing to prevent a return of abortion services?

Maryland enshrines abortion rights in Constitution after overwhelming voter approval

Maryland becomes a leader in reproductive rights by enshrining abortion access in its constitution.

Reproductive justice organizers in the South are finding new ways to...

A part of the reproductive justice framework and the driving force is to keep families together, independent of government control. 

A third woman died under Texas’ abortion ban. Doctors are avoiding...

Some said it raises serious questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to diverge from the standard of care and reach for less-effective options that could expose their patients to more risks.

Voters across US decide future of abortion rights, passing measures in...

"Every victory counts, and every setback is a reminder of the work that remains to secure bodily autonomy for all Americans.”

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.